Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology at the University of Alabama (UAB) School of Medicine seeks a full-time, faculty position for a licensed, or Alabama license eligible, Clinical Psychologist in the Division of Adult Psychiatry. Applicants must have completed a doctoral degree and an internship from APA or CPA-accredited program. This is a non-tenure track faculty position. Rank and salary are commensurate with experience and qualifications.
The ideal candidate will have experience providing evidence-based interventions for a broad range of psychiatric disorders in adults 18 and older. Applicants with a specialty interest in Anxiety Disorders, Mood Disorders, Trauma, or DBT are especially encouraged to apply. Clinical work will include some combination of assessments and intervention based on training and specific interest. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with our highly trained Psychology faculty, Licensed Independent Social Workers, Psychiatry Nurse Practitioners, and Psychiatry Faculty to manage patient care and promote the mission of the department. Currently, services are being offered both in-person and virtually.
Psychologists in the Department of Psychiatry are also expected to participate in educational activities. The educational opportunities include teaching and supervision of graduate students, psychology interns, psychology post-doctoral trainees, and psychiatry residents and fellows.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a research university and academic health center that discovers, teaches, and applies knowledge for the intellectual, cultural, social, and economic benefit of Birmingham, the state, and beyond. UAB is internationally renowned for its intensely collaborative culture that has — for more than five decades — produced breakthroughs in education, health care, research, and service. UAB was ranked #1 in the United States for 2018 and 2019 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, Young University Rankings. In 2021, Forbes named UAB as America’s No. 1 Best Large Employer, topping a list of more than 500 public and private corporations, hospitals, universities, Fortune 500 companies and more, across dozens of industries.
UAB Medicine is the third largest public academic medical center in the country, with more than 1,900 beds and almost 18,000 employees. We are the only Level 1 Trauma Center in the state of Alabama. UAB Hospital is the centerpiece of the UAB Health System and is the teaching hospital for the UAB School of Medicine. Situated among major research centers and clinics, UAB Hospital provides patients with a complete range of primary and specialty care services, as well as the most up-to-date treatments and innovations in health care. In addition to UAB Hospital, UAB Medicine includes The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital, UAB Callahan Eye Hospital, as well as several primary and specialty care clinics, a dozen member and affiliate hospitals within Alabama, more than 10 cancer associates in the Southeast, and the Viva Health HMO.
Interested candidates should apply here: https://uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/19356 by submitting an online application to include a cover letter and curriculum vitae. Interested candidates may also contact Ashley Reno, Psy.D., ABPP, Associate Chief of Psychology, with any questions at ajreno@uabmc.edu. Evaluation of applications will occur as they are received and will continue until the positions is filled.
A pre-employment background investigation is performed on candidates selected for employment. In addition, physicians and other clinical faculty candidates who will be employed by the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation (UAHSF) or other UAB Medicine entities must successfully complete a pre-employment drug screen to be hired.
UAB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and family-friendly environment in which all faculty and staff can excel and achieve work/life balance irrespective of race, national origin, age, genetic or family medical history, gender, faith, gender identity and expression as well as sexual orientation. UAB also encourages applications from individuals with disabilities and veterans.
